Toy building construction



Aug. 23, 1938. N. I. PAULSON 2,127,330

TOY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Filed April 5, 1957 Patented Aug. 23, 1938 TOY BUILDING CONSTRUCTION Nils I. Paulson, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Halsam Products Company, Chicago, 111., a corporation of Illinois Application April 5, 1937, Serial No. 135,052

1 Claim.

My invention relates to toy building construction and it has for its object the provision of a new and improved form and arrangement of parts making up the roof structure of such a toy building. It is particularly the object of my invention to provide improved means for supporting the roofing boards firmly in position on the gable members, such supporting means being preferably arranged so as to be readily applicable for the assembly of a building and easily and quickly removable when the building is to be taken apart. To this end, it is one of the objects of my invention to provide an improved spring clip arrangement capable of being strongly attached to the upper part of the body of a building in position to support the roofing boards in their normally operative positions.

It is another object of my invention to improve constructions of this type in sundry details hereinafter pointed out. The preferred means by which I have accomplished my several objects are illustrated in the drawing and are hereinafter specifically described. That which I believe to be new and desire to cover by Letters Patent is set forth in the claim.

In the drawing,

Fig. 1 is a vertical section across the upper portion of the body and across the roof of a toy building involving my improvements;

Fig. 2 is a vertical cross sectional view taken at line 2-2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is. an enlarged detail View, being a side edge view of one of my improved clip members.

Referring now to the several figures of the drawing, in which corresponding parts are indicated by the same reference characters, I0 indicates a series of similar end logs arranged one above another at each end of the building and topped by an end log ll of half thickness, arranged in cross relation to the side logs I2 at each side of the building, the several end logs and side logs having notched engagement with each other at their end portions for forming a rectangular body for a toy building, only the upper part of the body portion of the building being shown in the drawing. Upon the top end log I l at each end of the building, I have provided an end gable member l3 of any approved type having obliquely disposed end faces as shown in Fig. 1 for supporting roofing boards M at opposite sides of the roof.

For supporting the lower edges of the lowermost roofing boards I l, I have provided my improved clips l5 as best shown in Fig. 3. In the arrangement shown, each of the clips is formed of resilient strip metal bent into substantially rectangular form at its inner end to provide a socket I6 of such size as to have gripping engagement with the top side log I2. At its opposite end portion, each of the clips is reversely bent to provide a hook portion I? in which the lower edge of the lowermost roofing board l4 fits, as is clearly shown in Fig. 1. As will be readily understood, the size and shape of the hook I? and the length of the clip from the socket portion toward its opposite end are controlled by the slant of the roof to conform to the shape of the gable structures I3 and by the thickness of the roofing boards.

By my improved construction, I am enabled very readily to provide properly interfitting parts for supporting the roofing boards M from the side walls of the building structure, the clips l4 being very readily insertable in position by reason of their resilient gripping engagement with the topmost side log l2. By the use of my arrangement, the roofing boards are very strongly supported in position while at the same time the structure is very readily detachable when the building is to be taken apart. The arrangement is such that there are no sharp projecting parts upon any of the blocks making up the structure such as would be likely to injure a child while playing with the blocks. Moreover, the clips are capable of being packed very readily with the blocks for mechandising purposes.

While I prefer to employ the form of clip and associated parts as shown in my drawing and as above described, it is to be understood that my invention is not limited to the form as shown except so far as the claim may be so limited, since it is clear that changes might well be made in the form and arrangement of parts without departing from my invention.

I claim:

In a toy building construction, the combination of a plurality of logs in crossed relationship to each other and having notches in their faces at a short distance from their ends for providing interlocking engagement with each other, gable members at opposite ends of the building having oppositely sloping end faces and extending at their ends beyond the outer faces of the side walls of the building, roofing boards mounted on said gable members at opposite sides of the building, and clips formed of metal strips bent into the form of sockets adapted to have a strong grip on the upper logs of the side walls of the buildings and extending sidewise from the sockets and bent to provide hooks at a substantial distance out- Wardly beyond the ends of the gable members so as to engage the lower edges of said roofing boards for holding said boards in position on said gable members.

NILS I. PAULSON. 

